How many trees did Cedar Rapids lose in the derecho?

The storm damaged an estimate 32,773 acres of urban tree canopy. Iowa's rural lands lost 2.7 million trees, the state reported. Linn County, where Cedar Rapids is located, lost 953,224 trees, the report says.

How many trees did Cedar Rapids lost in the derecho?

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL)- A new survey by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources estimates the August 10, 2020 derecho destroyed more than 7 million trees across the state of Iowa.

How many trees were lost in Iowa derecho?

The powerful derecho storm that blasted across Iowa on August 10, 2020 damaged or destroyed an estimated seven million trees statewide.

What happened to the trees in Cedar Rapids Iowa?

On August 10, 2020, a derecho hit Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with wind speeds of more than 100 mph, lasting 30-45 minutes. The structural loss in Cedar Rapids is estimated to be over $100 million dollars, with more than half of our tree canopy affected.

How long did the derecho last in Cedar Rapids?

The Storm. The term derecho was unknown to most everyone in Cedar Rapids until August 10, 2020, when we were faced with one head-on. The Midwest is known for flooding and tornados, but no one anticipated a fast-moving hurricane-like storm with straight-line winds of up to 140 miles per hour lasting over 45 minutes.

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What was the worst derecho ever?

The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history.

What was the strongest derecho?

In 2020 that record was broken with a gust of 126 mph recorded in Atkins. The Iowa Derecho is among the strongest across the country on record. The highest wind speed in a derecho was recorded in Utah, which was likely aided by the mountains in the region.

Why are there no trees in Iowa?

Iowa has cleared 97,000 acres of woodlands from 2009 to 2013. The state has lost 114 million trees between 2015 and 2010. Sediment deposits are equal to "dropping 50 dump truck loads of soil into each lake every year."

Why is Cedar Rapids called Cedar Rapids?

The town was formally incorporated by the Iowa State Legislature on January 15, 1849 as Cedar Rapids, named for the rapids in the Cedar River (the river itself was named for the large number of red cedar trees that grew along its banks).

Are cedar trees native to Iowa?

Uses: This evergreen is native to all of Iowa. Eastern Red Cedar is widely planted for wildlife habitat, windbreaks, shelter belts, and soil conservation.

How much of Iowa was affected by the derecho?

Fifty-seven of Iowa's 99 counties were hit by the storm. The derecho passed through the state with observed wind gusts at over 120 mph. Some estimates say they reached as high as 140 mph, the same force of a Category 3 or 4 hurricane. These storm patterns can last for nearly an hour long.

What kind of storm is a derecho?

A Derecho is a very long lived and damaging thunderstorm. A storm is classified as a derecho if wind damage swath extends more than 240 miles and has wind gusts of at least 58 mph or greater along most of the length of the storm's path.

What's a derecho storm?

A derecho, pronounced deh-REY-cho, is a long-lived, fast-moving thunderstorm that causes widespread wind damage. This particular storm system was fed by a heat dome over the eastern United States.

How many tree are in the world?

Earth today supports more than 3 trillion trees—eight times as many as we thought a decade ago. But that number is rapidly shrinking, according to a global tree survey released today.

Why are so many trees down?

Climate change, droughts, storms, invasive species, and disease are just some of the factors that threaten the health of trees.

What are the 5 smells of Cedar Rapids?

Burnt corn, stale, rotting garbage, and over-overcooked oatmeal are some of the more overpowering smells that combine into one nasty stench. Cedar Rapids is also home to the food manufacturing sites of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Cargill, and Ralston Foods.

What is Cedar Rapids Iowa famous for?

As the second-largest city in the state, we are: The largest corn-processing city in the world. One of the leading manufacturing regions in the United States. One of the leading bio-processing and food ingredient centers in North America.

Why does Cedar Rapids stink?

In reality, it was likely local-- the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility. The large campus on Bertram Road SE treats near 50 million gallons of wastewater from toilets and factories in the area each day. In doing so, it generates a byproduct, stinky hydrogen sulfide.

Was Iowa once forested?

For some thousands of years, and prior to European settlement, Iowa was part of the prodigious American hardwood forest, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Iowa's border with the Missouri River. Up to an estimated 20 percent of the state was covered woodland, amounting to nearly 7.2 million acres.

Did Iowa ever have forests?

Most people consider Iowa to be a prairie state, but forests also have been an important feature of the landscape for thousands of years. Nearly 6 percent of the state is forested today, down from an estimated 12 to 20 percent at the time of settlement.

Did Iowa used to be forested?

Before Euro-American settlement, what is now Iowa was mostly prairie, with forests covering about 18 percent of the area. Settlement and agriculture transformed the landscape. Today, most land in Iowa is cultivated and forests are mostly woodlots or riparian corridors covering only 7 percent of the State.

How many derechos are in Iowa?

A total of 13 derechos have been recorded in Iowa since 1980, Glisan said. "To have derechos within two years of this intensity" is rare, he confirmed. Last August's derecho traveled 770 miles as straight-line winds decimated crops and shattered homes in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Are derechos becoming more common?

Whether such strong derechos might become more, or less, common due to climate change is difficult to say, however. Some anticipated effects of climate change, such as warming at the planet's surface, could increase the likelihood of more and stronger derechos by increasing atmospheric instability.

Has a derecho ever happened before?

The derecho weakened considerably when the July 2011 Iowa-Illinois-Michigan-Ohio derecho sucked the instability and moisture from the storm over Lake Michigan. The derecho traveled more than 400 miles (640 km) and produced nine tornadoes in North Dakota and Western Minnesota.

How many derechos happen a year?

Derechos are a global phenomenon, but they primarily occur across the central and eastern United States, which see an average of one to two of these storms per year, compared to more than a thousand tornadoes that churn across the country each year.